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‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
What single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] 57 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Bicycle. No gas expenses, no tabs, no loan, free parking. I understand how it works and can mostly fix it myself for very little money. I can take quiet side streets and arrive in a much better mood, plus my fat lazy ass gets some exercise.

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    How do you envision a postal system in a solarpunk world, both on a small scale and larger one? in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
    [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not sure I want my neighbor pawing through my mail, or “accidentally” losing my ballot, or borrowing” my packages.

    Privacy and security in the mail is crucial.

    People are people. Human nature isn’t going to change just because the culture shifts to solarpunk.

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    • How would you envision Solarpunk schools and education? in c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
    [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    Something like the Forest Schools and outdoor schools/daycares now. Students outdoors and engaging with the real world and each other nearly all the time. Nothing stripped to dry and abstract isolated bits (and boring) but always learning concepts in context and seeing how they interact.

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    Falling out of love for fantasy in c/books@lemmy.ml
    [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m finding the opposite. Books that I loved when younger are even better as I re-read them now. Ursula le Guin, Terry Pratchett (their YA and their adult books) have so much more nuance and subtlety than I was aware of when I just read them for the adventure and story. There are some profound bits of wisdom and wry observation tucked in those books.

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    Millennials, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Generation Names by Year in c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
    DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion in c/climate@slrpnk.net
    Your Sweaters Are Garbage: The quality of knitwear has cratered. Even expensive sweaters have lost their hefty, lush glory. in c/technology@beehaw.org
    [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can add pockets to the pants you buy, too. This video by Morgan Donner is adding several examples of types of pockets to skirts, but the process is the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pE_nrHKd58

    And there’s this one by Bernadette Banner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thlzJj1EHiY

    Thigh pockets are really great for phones. You can make visible patch pockets or subtle welt pockets and you can customize to the size of your phone.

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    • Whose a good comedian that never fails to make you laugh? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
    Your Sweaters Are Garbage: The quality of knitwear has cratered. Even expensive sweaters have lost their hefty, lush glory. in c/technology@beehaw.org
    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    For t shirts I always sing the praises of Gettees. Tiny “factory” of half a dozen people making extraordinarily high quality and durable shirts in Detroit. Most of the people doing the sewing are former auto upholstery stitchers from the car factories. The quality is truly the best I’ve ever encountered. https://gettees.us/

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    What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier (www.npr.org)
     

    The emphasis on fresh high-quality food made me wonder if that sort of food is more satisfying (and filling) than what the author sees in American food. Does eating poor quality food leave you hungry? (Also, consider people living in “grocery deserts” who subsist on large amounts of fast food. Their obesity rates are very high.)

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    Fremont Clear fluorocarbon strings (beehaw.org)
     

    My favorite strings at the moment, so I’m biased. Unlike Fremont Blackline, the Clears only come in one flavor. (And it’s a delicious flavor!). A set of high G strings is about $7. A single unwound low G is about $3.

    The moment I played a set was one of those cartoonishly “ah-ha! Eureka!” experiences. Everything felt and sounded perfect.

    The strings feel gentle and responsive under the fingers, unlike Aquilas which feel heavy and dull to me. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are so easy and clear. I can play with much more nuance than with Aquilas or heavier fluorocarbon. (Mind you I play quietly by myself, so I don’t know how these would sound where volume is required in a group or performing.)

    Try a set of the Fremonts if you have arthritis or strength issues in your hands, or neuropathy, or are just frustrated by strings that require pedal-to-the-metal amounts of power to play.

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